With the Delta virus variant on the rise, the White House is keeping current travel restrictions in place. This comes just one week after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised Americans to avoid travel to the UK. The United States currently prohibits entry to most travelers from Europe, China, India, and several other countries. It first imposed travel restrictions in March of 2020. And some states like New York and California are requiring all city workers to be vaccinated or get tested weekly.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is now the first federal agency to require its 115,000 health care workers to get COVID-19 vaccines. The VA is now requiring its health care employees to get fully vaccinated against the virus within eight weeks or face termination. The mandate applies to Title 38 employees, which includes doctors, dentists, nurses, and some other health care workers. This comes as a new report finds a startling high suicide rate among war veterans who served after 9/11.
